Dark slate gray

#16302d

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark slate gray, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark slate gray lands where green meets blue, dark and soft. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #16302d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#16302d
RGB22, 48, 45
HSL173, 37%, 14%
HSV173, 54%, 19%
CMYK54%, 0%, 6%, 81%
Lab17.8, -10.92, -1.19
XYZ1.86, 2.47, 2.86
Decimal1454125
Web safe#003333
Pantone5467 C
Pantone5467 CHex#16302dRgb22 48 45Cmyk54 0 6 81Lab18 -11 -1Darker#132a27Lighter#2f5e59

Shades of dark slate gray

Tints of dark slate gray

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Dark slate gray in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 54, 0, 6, 81.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #16302d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
54 0 6 81
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
54 4 10 87
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate gray in css

Copy #16302d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #16302d; }
.text { color: #16302d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #16302d; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #16302d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
14.05:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
1.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #16302d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #16302d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #16302d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark slate gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #16302d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.